On May 6, 2024, the table tennis Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, with 12 consecutive wins in the first round of national table tennis singles, the men's team Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, and the women's team Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, have all advanced to the top 32, and Chen Xingtong, who played last, swept Romanian star Samara 3-0 and won particularly easily.
Chen Xingtong is ranked 6th in the world, and has won the team world championship, as for the usual events, it is needless to say, Chen Xingtong's performance in foreign battles is remarkable, often winning and sweeping opponents easily, but every time he faces a special style of play, he has an average ability to adjust on the spot, especially the winning rate of chipping is low, which is also related to her technical and tactical characteristics, and its quality is relatively lacking and more inclined to defense.
The opponent is the 32nd-ranked Romanian star Samara, although the threat is not as good as teammate Szokos, but Samara has achieved more, as early as 12 years ago, she won the runner-up in the Women's Table Tennis World Cup, when she lost to Liu Shiwen, and the current state is not bad, and won the Olympic champion Chen Meng, Szokos, Diaconu, Dragoman has been out of the first round, and Samara is naturally no exception.
After the start of the game, Chen Xingtong was a little out of shape in the first game, he made too many unnecessary mistakes, he didn't play the advantage, he was always directly attacked by Samara, the opponent's attack quality was very high, and there were new changes in the service round, fortunately, the rhythm was always on Chen Xingtong's side, although Samara played well, but on the whole, there were still shortcomings, Chen Xingtong seized the opportunity and took the lead with 11-8.
In the second game, Chen Xingtong became more and more courageous, as the national table tennis world champion found the state, the opponent couldn't stop her at all, Samara had no choice, Chen Xingtong led 7-2, and then won another game 11-5, Chen Xingtong's ability to hold on to each other was too strong, and the connection speed was fast, which made it difficult for Samara to keep up with the rhythm.
Samara did not give up in the third game, and was always trying to find a way to adjust, playing the first three boards if he couldn't hold each other, and he didn't use the serve to try to change the rhythm, but the effect of this was not ideal, after all, Chen Xingtong was very comprehensive, basically there were no flaws, Chen Xingtong ended the game 11-6, and finally swept Samara 3-0, Chen Xingtong won the first game, and she became the 12th player in national table tennis to advance to the next round.
As for other games, most of the national table tennis players won very easily, only Wang Yidi and Qian Tianyi encountered difficulties, Wang Yidi led 2-0 and lost two games in a row, and the decisive game withstood the pressure, Qian Tianyi fell behind 0-2 and pulled three games in a row to turn the tables, and the two turned the danger into a disaster, which is really not easy.